Sports Development Expedition to Kenya

Through it's involvement in the Bristol-Kenya Partnership the University has been able to offer students the opportunity to take part in an amazing sports development expedition to Kenya. A group of students from the University of Bristol, UWE and SGS College will travel to Kenya with Camps International - an organisation running award-winning volunteer trips to Africa for many years (Responsible Travel Tourism Award Winners 2008).

Highlights:

Four week sports development team expedition to Kenya

Work on important projects to improve sports facilities and opportunities for underprivileged children

The Role of Sport in Helping Communities:

Kenya is a great sporting nation with a rich history of sporting legends. Yet in rural Kenya around 70% of people are living below the poverty line and access to proper sanitation, clean drinking water, healthcare and an education are often limited or non-existent, resulting in the majority of children being excluded from sporting activities due to the lack of facilities and programmes. Sports development has long been recognised as a tool for sustainable community development and has massive potential benefits to communities.

These include:

Improving health, fitness and education

Identifying talent and creating ambition

Creating business opportunities, enterprise and employment

Enhancing fair competition, teamwork and respect

Bridging cultural and ethnic divides and addressing gender equality

Helping children to develop life skills such as decision-making, organisation and leadership